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- Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:40 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to fix aspect ratio when resizing image in PDF edit mode?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1816
How to fix aspect ratio when resizing image in PDF edit mode?
Assume I load a PDF file and switch to edit mode. Now I insert (from clipboard) a *.jpg or *.png image into the current page. It works. Then I want to resize this image. Therefore I click and hold the mouse button onto the upper right corner. Unfortunately the aspect ratio (=relation of width/height...
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to remove auto-open print dialog trigger when loading certain PDFs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 414
Re: How to remove auto-open print dialog trigger when loading certain PDFs?
Works.Willy Van Nuffel wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:21 pm Not 100% sure, but look into File > Document Properties > Initial View.
Most probably, at Open Action you will see an Action Type = Custom.
Change this "Custom" to "None" and click OK.
Save the PDF.
Thank you
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to remove auto-open print dialog trigger when loading certain PDFs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 414
How to remove auto-open print dialog trigger when loading certain PDFs?
When I open certain PDFs in XChange Editor or Viewer then immediately a print dialog opens. I guess that the creator of this PDFs setup a certain flag in PDF header. How can I get rid of it (forever)? Which PDF property in header do I have to change to which value? If this is not possible: How can I...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to insert all pages from other currently loaded pdf doc?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 600
Re: How to insert all pages from other currently loaded pdf doc?
@Willy van Nuffel: Ok, thank you. I was just confused because in old XChange Viewer the (first) other, loaded pdf was already pre-selected in Drop Down. This way users save a few clicks for Insert operation. In Xchange Editor its now a step back in user friendlyness. Users now ALWAYS have to click i...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:49 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to hide left, vertical toolbar? SOLVED
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1032
How to hide left, vertical toolbar? SOLVED
How can I hide the left vertical toolbar with icons for Bookmarks, Thumbnails, Comments, Attachments, Fields,....
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to insert all pages from other currently loaded pdf doc?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 600
How to insert all pages from other currently loaded pdf doc?
Assume I loaded two pdf files into XChange editor. Then I scrolled in pdf No 1 to page 10 (out of 20) and want to insert all pages from pdf No 2 after page 10. How can I achieve this? If I click on "Insert Pages" users have to search for an external pdf file on hard disk.. This is uncomfor...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:29 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Forever disable "Potential security issue"-warnings when clicking a link?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 478
Forever disable "Potential security issue"-warnings when clicking a link?
Whenever I click on a link in a loaded pdf in order to open it in browser a warning pops up: Open Site Warning: Potential security issue.....Do you trust this site? Ok I could tick the checkbox "Remember my choice for this site". But this applies only to the current domain. How can I disab...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:14 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Search all PDFs which contain 2 certain independent patterns?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1123
Re: Search all PDFs which contain 2 certain independent patterns?
works.
Thank you
Thank you
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:41 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Search all PDFs which contain 2 certain independent patterns?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1123
Search all PDFs which contain 2 certain independent patterns?
I would like to find all PDFs in a directory tree which contain pattern aaaaa AND pattern bbbbb but not necessarily one after the other. Pattern aaaaa could appear in line 23 of page 4 while pattern bbbbb appears on page 2 in line 7 How can I define such a pattern search in PDF Xchange Viewer? Matt
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:37 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to search pattern "\aaaaa" in all pdf files?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 745
How to search pattern "\aaaaa" in all pdf files?
I would like to search for a (simplified) pattern "\aaaaa" (without quotes but with leading slash) in all my PDF docs on my partition. Although there are at least 2 of them PDF XChange Viewer does not find them. Why? I guess the leading slash is interpreted as a part of an regexp. How can ...
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:04 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to shift the selected frame in "Edit" mode exactly one pixel row/column (by keypress)? SOLVED
- Replies: 3
- Views: 968
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to shift the selected frame in "Edit" mode exactly one pixel row/column (by keypress)? SOLVED
- Replies: 3
- Views: 968
How to shift the selected frame in "Edit" mode exactly one pixel row/column (by keypress)? SOLVED
Assume I load a PDF into PDF editor, enable "edit" mode and select a certain text block/image block. The corresponding frame turns to blue. Now I want to move this frame (and the content) exactly 1 pixel row to north. Fiddling by mouse movements is error prone. What I need is a movement by...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:23 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Settings in Registry <---->Exported Settings ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 960
Settings in Registry <---->Exported Settings ?
Assume I export all current settings (via "Edit" Menu) into a *.dat file. Does this *.bat file contain all information from Registry branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer ? and vice versa: Does the above Registry branch contain all information from a previously expor...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:21 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to disable to dimension/size bar at the bottom?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1192
Re: How to disable to dimension/size bar at the bottom?
Hello Stefan,
your suggestion is wrong.
Read my question carefully and have a look at the attached snapshot:
I am NOT talking about toolbar "1" but the toolbar labelled "2".
So again: How do I disable toolbar "2"?
your suggestion is wrong.
Read my question carefully and have a look at the attached snapshot:
I am NOT talking about toolbar "1" but the toolbar labelled "2".
So again: How do I disable toolbar "2"?
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:04 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to disable to dimension/size bar at the bottom?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1192
How to disable to dimension/size bar at the bottom?
Whenever I open a pdf with XChange-PDF Viewer then at the bottom appears I kind of status bar which contains at the left side the dimensions of the current page e.g. 21,00 x 29,70 cm I am not talking about the "Document Options Toolbar". And its not the horizontal scrollbar. Nothing to scr...
- Sun May 17, 2020 5:19 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Replace a font by another font in existing pdf document possible?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 544
Replace a font by another font in existing pdf document possible?
Is it possible to replace a certain font by another font in an existing PDF document?
If yes: how does this work exactly?
Matt
If yes: how does this work exactly?
Matt
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:00 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Search pdfs (in dir tree) with blank pages?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1828
Search pdfs (in dir tree) with blank pages?
Ok, I know how to search over all pdf files in a dir tree for a certain pattern like "123mypattern". But is there a way to search for all pdf files in a directory tree which contain at least one blank page? A page should be consider blank if it contains no (black or colored) text and conta...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:23 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to auto-activate "Edit" mode after new pdf is dragged/opened?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 690
How to auto-activate "Edit" mode after new pdf is dragged/opened?
When I drag a pdf file from WinExplorer onto PDF Xchange editor then I want in 97% of the cases to edit it (later). Therefore I always have to go to "Home" tab and click on "Edit". This is uncomfortable and unhandy and unnecessary. How can I tell PDF XChange editor to ALWAYS AUTO...
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:56 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to sort then print duplex first page of multiple pdfs?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2590
How to sort then print duplex first page of multiple pdfs?
Some times I have the following problem: I load multiple documents (~20 up to 30) pdf docs into XChange Viwer (or editor). The pdf filenames are sortable e.g. of pattern 2018.03.24 logA.pdf 2018.04.12 logB.pdf .... 2018.07.04 logA.pdf 2018.07.30 logC.pdf Now I wan to print only the first page of all...
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:05 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: URLs not clickable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1820
URLs not clickable
I have a web page which contains an URL. The URL is specified as in the attached snapshot. When I print the web page with XChange Printer Lite then the URL is NOT clickable in the resulting pdf. When I print the same page with other PDF printers then it is. Why is the URL not clickable? URL not clic...
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:30 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2821
Re: Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
Recreating the document with our printer should resolve the issue. Hello Daniel, this is NOT the case! I installed PDF-XChange Printer Lite and printed out the web page again. Have a look at the second, attached pdf file. And again highlighting does not work (neither in XChange Viewer nor in XChang...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:55 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2821
Re: Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
Hello Daniel,
the same bug appears in PDF Xchange Editor as well.
Have a look at the attached pdf file.
Matt
the same bug appears in PDF Xchange Editor as well.
Have a look at the attached pdf file.
Matt
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:37 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2821
Bug: wrong highlighting when cursor dragged over underlined text
As I observed PDFXchange Viewer has an ugly and annoying bug when I try to highlight some text (word or sentences). At first I enabled Highlight mode in menu Tools--->Comment and Markup tools Then I placed the cursor at the start point of higlighting and dragged it ("as usual") to the endp...
- Sun May 13, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Enable "Edit Text Element as Blocks" as default?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 643
Enable "Edit Text Element as Blocks" as default?
As I learned the flag "Edit Text Element as Blocks" is very important.
I want to have this flag always automatically be enabled after start resp. loading of PDFs.
How can I define this (=enabled) as default?
Currently it is always disabled at startup.
Matt
I want to have this flag always automatically be enabled after start resp. loading of PDFs.
How can I define this (=enabled) as default?
Currently it is always disabled at startup.
Matt
- Tue May 08, 2018 7:23 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
In fact when the OCR feature has run, the resulting text is put over the image as an additional "layer". The text itself is "transparent". This means that the characters have NO fill color and NO border color. The text is there, but you DO NOT SEE IT. Hello Willy, thank you. THI...
- Mon May 07, 2018 5:37 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
Hello Daniel, the article you referenced tell how to edit and remove parts from TEXT layer. This is not an answer to my question. I want to do the opposite: If I select for example the "image" component in the Content pane (see attached snapshot) and press delete then all text components d...
- Wed May 02, 2018 5:20 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
Hello Willy, thank you for your hints. Switching the drop down "Output type" was a key information. Your procedure works now. But there are still some important questions: 1.) You are writing "....my previous example, where only the text layer has been saved and the image has been rem...
- Wed May 02, 2018 4:35 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
- Topic: Define JPEG compression level? Default?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1245
Define JPEG compression level? Default?
From other printer drivers I know that they allow to define a compression level (e.g. 80%) for embedded jpg pictures.
Where can I define this compression level in XChange Printer driver Lite?
What is the default compression level?
Where can I define this compression level in XChange Printer driver Lite?
What is the default compression level?
- Wed May 02, 2018 4:11 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
- Topic: Printer Properties do not remember File Name Pattern SOLVED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3888
Re: Printer Properties do not remember File Name Pattern SOLVED
Hello mattad, By design, if the preferences are set from within the application from which you are printing - File> Print> Printing Preferences - then those preferences will only be remembered during that session. In order to save those settings, please to go Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\D...
- Tue May 01, 2018 5:36 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
- Topic: Printer Properties do not remember File Name Pattern SOLVED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3888
Printer Properties do not remember File Name Pattern SOLVED
When I go to Xchange Printer Driver Properties in 2"Save" section then I can specify the File Name pattern. I prefer: %[Date] %[Time]-%[DocName] It works. However after printing (and browser closing and browser restarting and print start again) the entry field "File Name" is set ...
- Tue May 01, 2018 1:58 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
- Topic: Diff between PDF-XChange Lite Free vs. PDF-XChange Lite?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1356
Diff between PDF-XChange Lite Free vs. PDF-XChange Lite?
When I go to download page
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/produc ... hange-lite
then I found two different downloads there:
PDF-XChange Lite Free
and
PDF-XChange Lite
Whats the difference?
Is PDF-XChange Lite the same as PDF-XChange Standard?
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/produc ... hange-lite
then I found two different downloads there:
PDF-XChange Lite Free
and
PDF-XChange Lite
Whats the difference?
Is PDF-XChange Lite the same as PDF-XChange Standard?
- Tue May 01, 2018 9:19 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
Ok Willy. Thank you. We are approaching the final solution but still not finished. I OCR scanned the page and switched to Edit mode. I can select individual text. Wonderful so far. BUT: Now as final step I want to apply the transparent Edit layer to the underlying PDF and save the full PDF content (...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:32 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
You need to run the OCR tool first Hello Stefan, I am still confused. You tell me "You need to run OCR Tool". But HOW do I run OCR Tool? Even if I follow the link of Daniel I found no progress. I select View--->Panes--->Content and click on "Page 1" on the left. And then? Wouldn...
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
Re: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
Hmm, this is NOT true resp. working Have a look at the attached PDF file and the snapshot of PDF XChange Editor. I can NOT select or edit any text. All submenus are disabled/greyed out. So again: How can I either convert the rasterized pdf or select some text from it? not selectable selection.png sa...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:34 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4592
How to get resulting PDF after OCR scan in XChange Editor?
I am performing an OCR scan on a rasterized PDF through menu Convert--->OCR pages As langauges I selected German, English After clicking OK the OCR scan started with the progress bar and finished (successfully ?) without error popup. Fine. But where is the resulting PDF? Not in the original director...
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:10 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: OCR pages operation not possible: No languages and OK button greyed out
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1382
OCR pages operation not possible: No languages and OK button greyed out
I loaded a rasterized PDF into XChange Viewer. Then I clicked on menu Documents--->OCR pages Unfortunately the drop down "languages" is empty. So I downloaded from web page https://www.pdf-xchange.com/pdf-xchange-viewer-ocr the Basic Language pack" and copied deu.lng deu_pxvocr.dat en...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:45 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to auto-open pdf with excatly 100% zoom?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 624
How to auto-open pdf with excatly 100% zoom?
When I drag a pdf doc from WinExplorer onto XChange Ediotr the it is always automatically opened with full width.
This means the zoom factor is mostly around 162% up to 180%.
How can I tell XChange Editor to always automatically open pdf file with exactly 100%?
This means the zoom factor is mostly around 162% up to 180%.
How can I tell XChange Editor to always automatically open pdf file with exactly 100%?
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:52 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: Why is selecting/highlighting text here impossible?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2687
Why is selecting/highlighting text here impossible?
Assume I visit (e..g with Chrome browser) the following page: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/cloudflare-launches-fast-and-privacy-focused-dns-at-1-1-1-1/ Now I print this page with one of the popular pdf printers into a pdf file. Then I load this pdf afterwards into XChange Viewer and want to hig...
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:20 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to remove all highlighted backgrounds in one click?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2208
Re: How to remove all highlighted backgrounds in one click?
Ok, thank you it works.
However it is very tedious and user unfriendly.
A new menu in "Comments" or "Tools" with the label "Remove all comments and highlights" would be better.
However it is very tedious and user unfriendly.
A new menu in "Comments" or "Tools" with the label "Remove all comments and highlights" would be better.
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:14 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How to remove all highlighted backgrounds in one click?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2208
How to remove all highlighted backgrounds in one click?
Assume I ihave a long pdf document where I highlighted approx 40 to 50 text phrases. with a background color. Later I want to remove all these highllghts. I could do this by selecting each highligh part manually step by step and disable it individually. However this would be very tedious and user un...
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:29 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to remove all watermarks on all pages of a pdf file?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 992
How to remove all watermarks on all pages of a pdf file?
Assume I got a pdf with watermarks on (almost) all pages of a pdf file. How can I remove the with only a few clicks (=not by selecting each pattern and remove it manually)? Similar, related, opposite question: Assume I have a pdf file with NO watermark and an external (*.png) file which contains jus...
- Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:19 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Move highlighted text background color WITH text
- Replies: 1
- Views: 881
Move highlighted text background color WITH text
Assume I highlighted some text in a PDF document. So some sentences have a red background. Later I open this pdf in pdf editor and want to move the text block to another location. After marking the text paragraph a rectangle appears indicating the text block and I can drag it to another place. Unfor...
- Sun Mar 19, 2017 8:46 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to mark multiple elements at once by dragging rectangle?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1974
How to mark multiple elements at once by dragging rectangle?
Assume I want to delete a couple of independent text elements from a pdf page. I could click on each element manually and press <DEL>. If I want to delete 30 elements this could last a while and is unhandy. What I search is a way by dragging a rectangle around all 30 elements and mark them alltogeth...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to insert an image into an pdf document (as overlay)?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1360
Re: How to insert an image into an pdf document (as overlay)
Great!
Its working
Its working
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to insert an image into an pdf document (as overlay)?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1360
How to insert an image into an pdf document (as overlay)?
Occasionally I get some pdf forms. Mostly at the end (last page) of such forms there is a place where I have to sign the contract/order/application. Ok, I could print out this page, sign it, scan it with a flatbed-scanner and replace the corresponding page in the original file. Unfortunately this co...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:13 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
- Topic: Diffs between Drivers "Lite", "Lite Free" and "Standard" ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1822
Diffs between Drivers "Lite", "Lite Free" and "Standard" ?
When I go to page https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/downloads/enduser/pdf-xchange-lite then I can download the - PDF-XChange Lite Free and the - PDF-XChange Lite So there is a difference? Which? What are the differences between - PDF-XChange Lite (Free) and Standard? Is there a side-by-side compar...
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:38 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Combining/Concatenating multiple pdf not allowed?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 844
Combining/Concatenating multiple pdf not allowed?
I want to combine/concatenate multiple independent pdf files into one target file. After specifying the target order I clicked ok "as usual". Much to my surprise PDF XChange Editor told me that this is (for some of the documents) NOT possible since they are protected. Further investigation...
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:53 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
- Topic: How too sort/open docs alphabetically and concatenate them?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1308
How too sort/open docs alphabetically and concatenate them?
At then end of each month I got a bank account statement as pdf document with the file name e.g. account_2015.01_acct12345678.pdf account_2015.02_acct12345678.pdf .... account_2015.12_acct12345678.pdf Now I put them into one folder and sorted the files by name (column) in WindowsExplorer (under Win7...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Where to find the changelog/history?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 757
Where to find the changelog/history?
Where do I find the changelog resp. history of what has changed from version to version?
Is it available online
Matt
Is it available online
Matt
- Wed May 18, 2016 5:54 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: How to create a new textbox resp. copy an existing textbox?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2247
Re: How to create a new textbox resp. copy an existing textb
When will "base content duplication" be implemented?Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: For base content - copying is not yet implemented, so you will need to copy the text inside, and then paste it in a new object that you can move around.